FC Basel and the Champions’ League
A wonderful Huggel header on a Gjasula corner kick gave Basel the crucial away goal in the first leg of the Second Round of the Champions’ League. The Swiss Champions drew 1-1 with the Swedish Champions and now have a great chance to reach the 3rd round.
Basel started the [...]

The posts have gradually gone down. Swiss Football is quite sleepy at the moment. Grasshoppers has been the first to inaugurate the new season while the other clubs are strengthening their line-ups to start the new season in the best possible way!
Grasshoppers qualify for the final round of the Intertoto Cup
Swiss side Grasshoppers Zurich [...]

GRASSHOPPERS AND THE INTERTOTO TOURNAMENT
The second round of the Intertoto Cup was a disappointing one for Swiss Super League side FC Grasshoppers Zurich. Hanspeter Latour’s side only narrowly defeated Albanian minnows KS Besa, courtsesy of a double by Lulic at the 66th and 79th minute. Celebrations were ruined by a frustrating (and ironically named) [...]

The Champions’ League and UEFA Cup draws were made at Nyon, Switzerland, not many hours ago.
There were mixed feelings for the Swiss teams.
In the 2nd round of the main European club competition, Swiss Champions FC Basel will defy Swedish Champions IFK Göteborg (given that the Swedes defeat San Marino’s Murata in the first round). [...]

3 weeks before the start of Euro 2008 the Swiss Football Awards took place in Bern.
Swiss Player of the Year:

TRANQUILLO BARNETTA (Bayer Leverkusen)
Super League Player of the Year:

HAKAN YAKIN (Young Boys Bern)
GOAL OF THE YEAR:

MAURO LUSTRINELLI (Luzern vs Basel goal n.5)
TEAM OF THE YEAR:

AC BELLINZONA
COACH OF THE YEAR:

CHRISTIAN GROSS (FC Basel)
REFEREE OF THE YEAR:

MASSIMO BUSACCA
GREATEST [...]